Treatment For Anxiety Attacks

We live in a generation full of stress. The higher the stress level the more anxiety a person experiences. Stress can directly manifest as anxiety attacks. These attacks are similar to panic attacks. Both are driven by panic disorders caused by too much anxiety. The common symptoms of anxiety attacks are palpitations, shortness of breath, sweating, rapid heart beat,dizziness, chest pain,feeling insane or dying and nausea.

The causes of anxiety attacks can be both psychological and physiological. Too much worrying, paranoia and fear often result to anxiety attacks. It is really best to gather as much information as possible regarding your condition, so as not to be conquered by the fear of the unknown. Usually your ignorance is the main source of anxiety attacks. Whenever we experience pain it is essential that we know what causes it. Once we know the real cause then we can proceed with taking the proper action to achieve complete healing. Always remember that anxieties are the soul’s pain system that say there is something wrong with our lives.

Anxiety attacks are often treated with the use of Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). This is often the preferred initial treatment of panic and anxiety disorders. The goal of this therapy is to specifically identify and alter the thought patterns that support and indeed encourage the course of the anxiety attacks. CBT has shown promising results in many sufferers.

CBT offers a number of strategies to eradicate the main anxiety fears and provide ways to cope with the attacks. Patients will learn the appropriate ways to face their anxiety and to reduce the symptoms. These are the components of CBT that will help treat anxiety attacks:

Information is provided to explain the normal reactions of the body and symptoms related to anxiety and stress. Through education and understanding the patient will realize exactly what causes their reaction to certain circumstances and how, in some, cases this is a natural response.

Patients are encourage to keep a symptom diary to monitor the occurrence of any anxiety symptoms and to get a realistic assessment of the level of their problem. They are encouraged to record their emotional response and the stimuli that caused their reaction. They are taught abdominal breathing which helps in relaxing and calming the patient.

An important component of this treatment for anxiety attacks involves exposing the patient to cues that have previously caused panic attacks. By a very gradual exposure, in a non-threatening environment, the reaction will be gradually reduced.